Westward Expansion

How did most people travel to the west?

• Boat
• Horseback
• Car
• Covered Wagon

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CCSS.RI.6.5

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What technology revolutionized farming in the west? 

• Steel plows, mechanical reapers, and windmills
• Morse code
• Internet
• Hydroelectricity

What types of weather hazards did pioneers face? 

• Mountain ranges, rivers, and deserts 
• Sickness or disease
• Fights with Native Americans
• Spring floods, winter snows, and tornadoes

What did the Homestead Act of 1861 allow settlers to do?

• Go to war with Native Americans
• Own the land that they settled on after 5 years
• Establish the sharecropping system
• Make peace with the Native Americans

The belief that the U.S. was meant to control land from the Atlantic to the Pacific is known as:

• the Monroe Doctrine
• The Louisiana Purchase
• Manifest Destiny
• The Jackson Action

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CCSS.RL.8.9

What would make the best title for this image?

• Monroe Doctrine
• The Industrial Revolution
• Attack of the 50 foot Woman
• Manifest Destiny

To Annex land means to:

• take it over
• conquer it
• give it up to another country
• buy it

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following is true about the Louisiana Purchase?

• James Monroe bought it
• It doubled the size of the U.S.
• We bought it from Spain
• All of these are true

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The Monroe Doctrine says that:

• All Native Americans must live west of the Mississippi River
• The U.S. would not accept new colonies in the Western Hemisphere
• New roads and bridges will be constructed throughout the west
• All Americans deserve healthcare

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CCSS.RL.8.3

Which is the only state to have once been an independent country?

• Texas
• Colorado
• Oregon
• Arizona